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The wage floor is way below $15/hour in much of the country, but I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that Homejoy's pricing was static and independent of locati
by nilkn 11y ago
The wage floor is way below $15/hour in much of the country, but I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that Homejoy's pricing was static and independent of location. Does it make sense for someone in a modest cost-of-living area to be paying San Francisco rates?
- ghaff 11y agoMinimum wage is less in general but I'm pretty certain that if I took an ad out on Craigslist to get someone to come over to my house to do some task, you'd be looking at $15-20 an hour at least. As you say, I'm sure it would depend on the area.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> The wage floor is way below $15/hour in much of the country As a W2 employee, yes. If you're asking someone to work as a 1099 and eat their own self-employment taxes, transit costs, etc, that's going well below minimum wage.
- nilkn 11y agoMinimum wage W2 employees almost never get any sort of transit costs covered. If they have to live 2 hours away because that's the only place they can afford housing, then it's on them to pay for transportation there and back. They also get bottom of the barrel benefits. Minimum wage can be as low as $7.25 for W2 employees. This calculator suggests that corresponds to only $10/hour for a contractor: http://www.rate-calculators.com/ http://www.rate-calculators.com/ I find ghaff's argument more compelling: people will pay more simply because they want someone they can trust in their home.